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Letter to the Editor

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to the letter to the editor written by Lisa Palucci. We are pleased to see her interest in older adults with multimorbidity and advancing models of care and care coordination for this growing population group.

Who Pays Whom for What in Health Care? Web References

American Nurses Association (ANA)

The American Nurses Association (ANA) proposal solicitation for creative and efficient methods to develop a methodology for costing Nursing Quality Indicators and to implement the methodology with ANA's acute care setting indicators.

Testimony of the American Nurses Association, American Association of Critical Care Nurses, and National Nurse Practitioner Coalition Before the Subcommittee on Aging Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee On Women's Health Provisions in Health Care Reform March 9, 1994

Testimony of the American Nurses Association before the House Post Office and Civil Service Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits
On H.R. 4958 "The Federal Employees' Health Benefits Reform Act of 1990" August 1, 1990

Written Testimony of the American Nurses Association On Behalf of the Clinical Training in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Presented to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, May 5, 1994

Written Testimony of the American Nurses Association, American College of Nurse Practitioners, Association of Operating Room Nurses, and Emergency Nurses Association Before the Physician Payment Review Commission. Submitted by Eileen M. Sullivan-Marx, PhD, RN,CS on December 11, 1996

Testimony of the American Nurses Association before the Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations at the United States House of Representatives. Presented by Marge Drugay, ND, RN,C on February 3, 1998

Professional Organizations

The National Academy of Social Insurance promotes research and education concerning income security in its broadest sense. This includes Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Workers Compensation, protection against the cost of health care services provided for or required by government, and related public and private programs.

Founded in 1985 by several private health insurers and Federal/State law enforcement officials, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA) is a unique, issue-based organization comprising private- and public-sector individuals and organizations responsible for the detection, investigation, and prosecution of health care fraud.

Government Sources

Public Law 104-191, 104th Congress
An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to improve portability and continuity of health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in health insurance and health care delivery, to promote the use of medical savings accounts, to improve access to long-term care services and coverage, to simplify the administration of health insurance, and for other purposes.

Search for Health Care Payment Systems: Cost and Quality Incentives in Research on Ongoing Acquisition Research (ROAR), a system that enables acquisition professors and acquisition personnel within and outside DSMC to easily identify key acquisition studies and research findings electronically.

Statement of Joseph R. Antos, Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources Congressional Budget Office on "The Magnitude of the Financial Crisis in Medicare" before the Subcommittee on Health Care Committee on Finance, United States Senate, February 12, 1997.

This Congressional Budget Office (CBO) study examines the extent to which competition from generic drugs has increased since the enactment of the Hatch-Waxman Act. It also analyzes how that competition has affected the returns from developing a drug.

At this site select topics related to health care costs that are of interest to you. Examples: Long-Term Care for the Elderly: Profiles of Thirteen States; Health Insurance Coverage Transitions of Older Americans; Health Care Quality: At What Cost?

Search at this site for health care costs and select articles of interest to you on medicare, medicaid and social security. Examples: Medicare Reform — What's Wrong with Medicare? Social Security Reform: What's Wrong with Social Security?

Would the Proposed National Tobacco Settlement Compensate the Federal Government Adequately for Tobacco Related Health-Care Costs? by Andy Schneider and Sara Thom (February 13, 1998) Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

Other sites

Health-Israel is a forum for discussions of current issues and research related to Israeli health policy via electronic media.
Examples: Financing & resource allocation in Israeli health care; Managed care in the U.S. and Israel